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ENTREPRENEUR EXPANDS
Right in the middle of a
national and regional
economic downturn,
Entrepreneur Roger Petit
is starting a new retail
store located near two
of his other business
ventures in Transylvania
County.
Petit is the owner and
general manager of
Petit’s Paint and Body
Shop between Rosman and
Brevard. He also jointly
owns the Citgo
convenience store, a
landmark at the junction
of Old and New Rosman
Highway, managed by his
wife of 31 years,
Sharon.
Petit has had extensive
experience in the
automotive repair
business. After
graduating from Rosman
high school and
attending Brevard
College, he worked in
the body shops of both
former Ford and
Chevrolet dealers in
Brevard. He points out
that he set a goal to
learn every job in the
body shop from frame
work to mixing and
tinting paints. So he
feels it was a natural
move for him to
eventually go into
business for himself,
and he started out with
a small shop in Brevard.
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HEART OF BREVARD IS
DEDICATED TO DOWNTOWN
PROMOTION
More than 100 businesses
and property owners are
members of the Heart of
Brevard, a non-profit
organization whose basic
mission is to improve
the quality of life in
the area by
strengthening Brevard’s
downtown as an economic
and community center.
As expressed by the HOB
Executive Director,
Madrid Zimmerman, “We
are working to promote
downtown Brevard not
only as a successful
commercial and retail
hub, but much more. Our
overall objective is to
enhance our downtown as
an attractive and vital
economic, cultural and
social center.
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September Events
Porter Center
• September 4 - Randall
Atcheson Concert Organ
7:30 PM Tickets $25
• September 24 - Sphinx
Chamber Orchestra
7:30 PM Tickets $40
For more information
visit
www.theportercenter.org
or call 828-884-8330
Transylvania Community
Arts Council
• September 19 -
Courthouse Lawn Show
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• September 25 -
Brevard 4th Friday
Gallery Walk 5:00 - 9:00
PM
• September 26 & 27 -
Scenic 276 Stroll 10:00
AM - 5:00 PM
For more information
visit
www.artsofbrevard.org
or call 828-884-2787.
Transylvania Farm Fair,
Saturday, September 5
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the
American Legion
Building.
For more information
on what's happening in
Brevard visit www.brevardncchamber.org
or
www.visitwaterfalls.com.
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What's New In Business
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There is a new business
within a new business in
downtown Brevard. White
Squirrel Bicycle Tours
is housed in the new
Tourist Trap store at 51
W. Main Street and
offers special 90-minute
bicycle rides starting
in downtown and winding
through the Silvermont
mansion property,
Franklin Park, the
Brevard College campus
and other areas known
for an abundance of
white squirrels.
Visitors will also learn
facts and figures about
the history and folklore
of Brevard and
Transylvania County.
Tour Director Joe Davis
can be reached at
577-2295 or by email at
squirreltours@gmail.com.
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PharmAgra Labs, Inc. has
successfully passed an
FDA pre-approval
inspection of its cGMP
manufacturing facility.
“The FDA approval will
lead to providing
special syntheses to
complement our process
chemistry services and
will allow us to take
pharmaceutical clients
all the way from initial
discovery through
development and into
clinical trials,”
according to Pete
Newsome, co-president of
the Company. Located off
McLean Road in Brevard,
PharmAgra provides
contract research and
development in organic
and medicinal chemistry.
For more information,
contact Roger Frisbee or
Pete Newsome at 884-8656
or by email at
pnewsome@pharmagra.com.
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Waterfall of the Month
Round Mountain Falls
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Quote of the Month
“There are many qualities that
make a great leader. But having
strong beliefs, being able to
stick with them through popular
and unpopular times, is the most
important characteristic of a
great leader.”
Rudy Giuliani -
Former Mayor, New York City
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Bring Your Own Business
“Complimentary and Alternative
Medicine” (CAM) will be the
topic featured at the next BYOB
meeting on Wednesday, September
16 at 8:00 AM in the Rogow room
at the County Library.
CAM is defined as a group of
diverse medical and health care
systems, practices and products
that are not generally
considered part of conventional
medicine, but which are being
integrated with traditional
medical practices with
increasing frequency. A panel
discussion by several CAM
practitioners and companies in
Transylvania County will be
followed by a question and
answer period.
BYOB sessions are co-sponsored
by Blue Ridge Community College,
the Brevard/Transylvania Chamber
of Commerce and the County
Planning & Economic Development
Department. The program is
designed to offer businesses and
the general public an
opportunity to “get connected
and stay connected” with what is
happening in the local business
arena. There is no charge and
the public is invited.
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TDA to Unveil New Marketing
Program
A new marketing plan and website
created for the Transylvania
Tourism Development Authority
will be presented at TDA’s
monthly board of directors’
meeting on Wednesday, September
16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Porter
Center.
“The new program is
extraordinary, with amazing
photography and a powerful
message that we believe will
attract new visitors in
ever-increasing numbers,”
according to Libby Freeman,
Executive Director of the
Brevard/ Transylvania Chamber of
Commerce. “It will take us to a
whole new level beyond our
branding as the ‘Land of
Waterfalls."
For more information, contact
the Chamber at 883-3700 or visit
www.brevardncchamber.org.
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